7. Woke is on a huge losing streak right now with home repair store Lowe’s and automaker Ford being the latest big companies to dump the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion policies, recently Harley Davidson, Jack Daniels, John Deere, and Tractor Supply have done the same. Ford specifically noted that they would not be participating in the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index, which scores “policies, practices and benefits pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) employees,” nor will they be “publicly commenting on the many polarizing issues of the day.”
6. Illegal immigration is a scourge on America, even if Vice President Kamala Harris can’t understand the issue, and U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) is using an Alabama story to highlight that issue. An illegal immigrant from Honduras, Grevi Geovanni Rivera Zavala, assaulted a teenage girl in Prattville, Alabama, that crime could have been prevented if Zavala had not entered the U.S. as a “gotaway” due to lax border enforcement.
5. Despite the families of the fallen servicemembers supporting former President Donald Trump’s visit and actions at Arlington National Cemetery, the American media continues to suggest some sort of crime was committed at the cemetery. Now the U.S. Army, and it’s bureaucrats are putting out political statements and the media is ignoring photos that Joe Biden himself put out showing the then candidate in 2020 at the same cemetery.
4. When it comes to education in Alabama, the 2nd Congressional District candidate, Republican candidate Caroleene Dobson and Democratic candidate Shomari Figures presented contrasting visions on education but the divide between the two parties is clear. Dobson emphasized reducing federal bureaucracy and promoting local control over education funds, advocating for school choice and the redirection of federal dollars to support public school alternatives, Figures, on the other hand, focused on increasing funding for public education, arguing that a well-funded public education system is essential for workforce development and attracting corporate investment to Alabama.
3. President Donald Trump has made his position clear on the abortion issue facing Florida voters this year, with Americans watching, saying, “I think the six week (ban) is too short — it has to be more time. I told them I want more weeks.” A “yes” vote would mean Floridians have a constitutional right to abortion in the state and Trump is leaning that way, “I’m going to be voting that we need more than six weeks.”
2. After Alabama’s Supreme Court created a national kerfuffle by essentially outlawing in-vitro fertilization, Democrats decided to add IVF to their “reproductive healthcare” message even though a vast majority of Republicans support IVF and now former President Donald Trump is now speaking out in favor of it. In fact, not only is Trump in favor of it, he wants government to pay for it or for insurance companies to be forced to, saying, “we want more babies.”
1. Vice President Kamala Harris and her emotional support vice presidential candidate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, had a pretty bad evening with CNN’s Dana Bash who tripped her up with pretty simple questions and no real follow ups on flip-flops because she has “values.” Every simmering controversy had a nonsensical answer and Harris and Walz implored voters they were just like them and policy shouldn’t matter, media widely agreed and said the vibes are what matters.
Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN and from 10-11 a.m. on Talk 99.5 and News Radio 1440, with a rebroadcast Talk Radio 103.9 FM/730AM WUMP from 3-4 p.m.
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